The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-18

If you contemplate cultivating the soil i'll
your orchard, and have not already pre-
pared for 1t, have some short whiffletrees
made with hooks on the back near the ends
of the whitfletrees TO prevent barking the
trees.
1t is always best to milk rapidly, so as to
get the milk out of the stable as soon as pos
sible, in order to prevent the absorption of
gases by the milk, as the cooler it becomes
the more readily the milk is affected by
odors.
Although salt and soda are said to benefit
asparagus, analyses show that a ton of as
paragus takes from the soil 20 pounds phos-
phoric acid, 6 pounds potash and IA pounds
nitrogen, and there is scarcely a trace of
soda in its composition.
The ounce is a slow grower. For this
reason it is an advantage to buy trees well
grown, say four or five feet higher, rather
than mere slips. Such trees will come in
bearing in three or four years and prove
cheaper in the end than smaller trees at
lower price.
A Western horticulturist advises pruning
rose bushes He SAYS that as the rose bios
SONS only on the young shoOtSsf the current
years growth las with the grape the last
years wood should be cut away in the spring.
Each bud left will then make blossom
bearing branch.
The purchase of linseed and cottonseed
meal for stock always gives profit. II the
| expense be only returned in the product sold
| there is, however, a greater value to the
manure, and hence, while the profit may not
be Immediately secured, the succeeding
years crops viii be larger.
The American Cultivator remarks that as
| trees are generally scraped more harm than
! good results from the operation. Great care
should always be taken not to disturb or in
| jure the lower and living part of the bark.
A common masOn'S trowel or a short-han-
died hoe makes good scraper
| Every tree in the orchard should be ex-
| alnined for insects, egg nests, etc, and after
the leaves shall have started the trees should
be sprayed with solution of London purple
Borers work in nearly all kinds of trees and
a diligent search should be made for their
holes as soon as they shall set to work.
In planting apple seeds to get a vigorous
| growth the first year is important, as on
that the number of roots to be grated de-
ponds. The seeds should be planted early on
weif-Inanured ground and as free from weeds
as possible The young plants require nearly
as close care and as much handwriting as
onions.
To dig up fruit tree by cutting circle
with spade, half foot in diameter, cuts
off more than nine-tenths of the roots and
to spade a little circle about young tree
not one-quarter as far as the roots extend
and call it cultivation is like Falstaff S men
claiming spurs and shirt collars for COM
plete suit.
Regarding the use of insect powder Prof.
| Hilgard, of the University Of California,
states that although the tent caterpillars
were not affected by dry powdered buhach
when it was blown upon them, yet if they
received a sprinkling of a mixture Of one
pound of buhach in fifty gallons of water
they quickly persisted. He advises its use
in greenhouses or other places infested by
vermin, as it is harmless to plants, birds and
animals
The value of ensilage is greater than its
most sangline friends anticipated. A we'll
known breeder at Franklin, Pa, states that
he can keep as many cows on twenty-seven
| acres with the use of ensilaga as he formerly
did with 127 acres in meadow. He thinks
ensilage very wholesome and the cost per
COW is only S12 per year Such evidence
solves all problems and should remove all
doubts Ensilage is destined at some time
to be an indispensable article on all farms.
Enough attention is seldom paid to sur
roundings in fattening stock. Good feed,
although of first importance, is not all that
is required. Regularity of feeding has much
to do with easy fattening. Cattle housed
| and kept warm will thrive and fatten rap
idly; but, at the same time, they need eXer-
else and should be let out daily for it. Fat
tening hogs ought to be kept from datnpness
and wet The bed especially should be dry
and warm. Watering regularly will also
greatly aid in fattening stock. 1t is true
that stock will fatten under neglect, but at
AN expense of more feed and at a greater
loss than if proper care and attention are
used. Sheep need more ventilation in their
| sheds or barns than other stock, for if kept
in poorly ventilated quarters they are apt to
contract colds and diseases, but they require
shelter from all storms.